Fortnightly News 4/7/2025
Issue 13 of 2025
4 July 2025
DO YOU PLAY BRIDGE?
There is room for some additional players at our Tuesday morning Duplicate Bridge session which runs from 10.00am to 12.45pm.
Come along and join in if you are interested!
HAPPY 85TH BIRTHDAY
A lovely afternoon at the Club last week when the Wednesday afternoon recorder group celebrated the 85th birthday of their leader, Margaret Wright. Family members and invited guests enjoyed a special concert provided by the musicians followed by an even more special afternoon tea. Many Happy Returns Margaret!
FREE TO A GOOD HOME
The table tennis below was kindly donated to the Club, but is actually not suitable for our table tennis groups. Before I offer it on a local Buy Nothing site, perhaps there is someone in the Club who could use it? It is in excellent condition and as pictured, it folds up for transport/storage as required. Please contact Polly if you would like to add this to your family’s exercise and entertainment items.
OUR CREATIVE WRITING GROUP
There is just no end to the range of talents and skills to be found among our members. Below is a piece of writing from our Tuesday morning creative writing group. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Memory Loss
It was only yesterday, I became aware
That my memory isn’t always there
It’s annoying, like walking with one leg
I looked in my pockets and in my bag
In drawers, but no, nowhere to be found
It left me without making a sound
It is strange I totally agree
So I went on a shopping spree
Just for comfort and trying to forget
And hey! There it was. A memory bed.
But after all, whose memory would I buy?
I’m talking to you, you arrogant sales guy
To get into the core of another’s life
Finding out maybe he cheated on his wife
Is not at all what I am looking for
That is not right or fair that’s for sure
How many memories did you take?
How many beds do you plan to make?
Now all the people with memory loss
Have to pay you or maybe your boss
For something you greedily took from them
You should be sent to jail for such a scam
In the meantime I try to find mine
With my memory back I will shine
Shine again until the day I die
And in case I get lost on the way – goodbye.
Pauline Mager
PLEASE HELP OUR CARPARK MONITORS
We are all enjoying the results of their work and there is a way that we all can help. PLEASE !! PLEASE !! display your parking voucher when you park at the Club. This will save a lot of time for Sue, Ron and Polly as they go about identifying members vs the interlopers and freeloaders in our car park.
Jenny Gregory
President
Woden Seniors Inc.
PO Box 345, Woden ACT 2606 Tel: (02) 6282 2573
Email: president@wodenseniors.org.au
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ACT Retirement Village Residents Association (ACT RVRA) forum
Our club members Kevin and Loretta recently listened to the presentations made at the ACT RVRA forum (Wednesday 25 June 2025) by retirement village residents and experts. The agenda was:
Key resources referred to at the forum include:
In the room to provide advice after the formalities were representatives from:
The ACT RVRA say the presentations will be available on their website shortly. See: https://actrvra.org.au/
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Do you know….
Q What does a lawyer wear to court?
A A lawsuit
Q What do you call the wife of a hippie?
A Mississippi.
Q What do Alexander the Great and Winnie the Pooh have in common?
A They have the same middle name.
Q What do you call bears with no ears?
A B.
Q Why do seagulls fly over the sea?
A If they flew over the bay, they would be bagels.
Q Why aren’t koalas actual bears?
A They don’t meet the koalafications.